José António Silva de Carvalho Campos e Matos, Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering of the University of Minho, was unanimously approved by the members of the Jury, in the Habilitation Exams in the branch of knowledge of Civil Engineering.

The public exams for Habilitation in the branch of knowledge of Civil Engineering, requested by Doctor José António Silva de Carvalho Campos e Matos, took place on April 29th, in the Sala de Atos of the Azurém Campus of the University of Minho, Guimarães.

The jury was chaired by Dr. Paulo José Brandão Barbosa Lourenço, Full Professor of the Civil Engineering Department of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho, and the members were Dr. Rita Maria do Pranto Nogueira Leite Pereira Bento, Full Professor of the Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environment Department of the Instituto Superior Técnico of the University of Lisbon; Dr. Humberto Salazar Amorim Varum, Full Professor of the Civil Engineering Department of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto; Dr. Luís Miguel Pina de Oliveira Santos, Coordinating Researcher of the Structures Department of the National Civil Engineering Laboratory; Dr. Joaquim António Oliveira de Barros, Full Professor of the Civil Engineering Department of the Engineering School of the University of Minho; Dr. António Gomes Correia, retired Full Professor of the Civil Engineering Department of the Engineering School of the University of Minho.

The Habilitation degree is awarded to professors with a professional curriculum of high merit who demonstrate relevant activity in terms of advanced research, training or guidance, and the authorship of scientific work of recognised quality after obtaining a doctorate.